I'm 18 years old and I'm trying to decide whether incisional or partial-incisional surgery will be the better choice for me. My surgeon tells me that partial-incisional surgery will deliver similar results with less scarring but I'm scared that the crease will just disappear after a couple of years. Should I just stick with incisional surgery? I have one single eyelid and one double eyelid. I have pseudo-ptosis for one eye (skin on single eyelid has loose skin - the levitator muscle is okay)
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February 26, 2017
Answer: Incisional Eyelid Surgery is more accurate and longer lasting than partial and no incision approaches
There are several procedures on your list. Some are more realistic than others but intrinsically it is not possible to completely transform a Caucasian face to an Asian face. In our practice, we do procedures to enhance the shape of the eyes ("exotic eyes" or almond-shaped eyes) as...
It depends on how mild the ptosis is. Some ptosis is considered a mild/border line ptosis. You should also ask, is there an asymmetry or is it a bilaterally symmetric ptosis? What is more difficult to correct is asymmetric ptosis. Overall, the answer to the question is that mild ptosis is...
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In looking at your photos, I am optimistic that you will have a good result here. However, you are so swollen that it is so very hard to understand how you will end up. I strongly recommend that you let your eyelids heal perhaps for a full year. Do not force your...